The Shadow Kingdom & The Mirrors of Tuzun Thume by Robert E Howard

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9if66-1a0f231 Before Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard created Kull the Conqueror, revealed later by Howard to be an ancestor of Conan. Kull, like Conan is a vicious and bloodthirsty barbarian but in some ways is a more contemplative and thoughtful character. In these, the first two Kull stories Howard published, we find Kull dealing … Continue reading The Shadow Kingdom & The Mirrors of Tuzun Thume by Robert E Howard

The White People by Arthur Machen

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xkwdq-1a0f08e "The White People" is a classic, influential horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen, first published in 1904, presented as a young girl's diary detailing her secret initiation into a world of folklore, magic, and otherworldly beings, guided by her nurse, culminating in an abrupt, unsettling ending that suggests a profound, supernatural transformation. Check … Continue reading The White People by Arthur Machen

Time and Time Again by H Beam Piper/The Tunnel under the World by Frederik Pohl

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8gvjg-1a04da8   "Time and Time Again" is a science fiction short story by American writer H Beam Piper, first published in April 1947, Astounding Science Fiction magazine.  "The Tunnel under the World" is a science fiction short story by American writer Frederik Pohl, first published in 1955 in Galaxy magazine. It has frequently been anthologized, for example in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) edited by Brian … Continue reading Time and Time Again by H Beam Piper/The Tunnel under the World by Frederik Pohl